{"id":33980,"date":"2025-07-15T16:37:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T15:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=33980"},"modified":"2025-07-15T16:37:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T15:37:38","slug":"weir-walkway-still-closed-but-gate-open-briefly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=33980","title":{"rendered":"Weir Walkway Still Closed \u2013 But Gate Open Briefly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025071501.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nFor four days, including the weekend, the gate barring access to the weir walkway was open \u2014 likely forced. Two padlocks were added to secure it on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The walkway remains officially closed due to concerns about corrosion in the steel supports. No date has yet been given for repairs or a possible reopening.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Under the spotlight at Abingdon Weir\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pJltsEyQrtk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nWhile I was there, I watched insects circling the bright spotlight at the near end of the weir. Spiders moved along their webs, catching an easy meal as the light drew prey straight into their traps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For four days, including the weekend, the gate barring access to the weir walkway was open \u2014 likely forced. Two padlocks were added to secure it on Monday morning. The walkway remains officially closed due to concerns about corrosion in the steel supports. No date has yet been given for repairs or a possible reopening. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-river-thames"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}